Reviews

"Honkapohja provides an in-depth analysis of the codicological detail, dialect, and multilingual character of the manuscripts. The aim is to see whether further analysis can provide clues as to their production circumstances, audience, and intent. In seven chapters, Honkapohja offers a wealth of information on these manuscripts, which he has clearly studied with scrupulous care. . . . .There is no doubt that Honkapohjas book advances our knowledge of text production and dissemination of scientific texts in late medieval England. While the in-depth analysis sometimes simply appears to confirm Voigtss earlier suggestions, we do see important nuancing of her ideas and new discoveries and correctives as well. Among other interesting findings, the close inspection of language mixing and dialect points out significant distinctions between the different manuscript subgroups, and between medical and alchemical works." --Peter J. Grund, University of Kansas, Speculum 95/1 (January 2020)